The Penn's Grove record., 1887-02-19

EXPLANATIONS arose of tar - "Featii-
ers,'' Fannie y -a-t-e-s.n egg
hini, . etc. Aa egg or two did strike
him aud but for his escort he would
have received more. As he retired lac
said, probably we deserve it, the harder
the storm the sooner it viii be over.
He afterwards kept more secluded as
the boys were busy on Tuesday collect
ing over ripe rgg in readiness.
lie received requests by mail to leave
town aud a delegation OF citizens walt
ed Oh u Squire Il see what could DE
done TO secure lus radiance. On Mon
Gay evening the official Board Ut ST.
pauis Church met To take actor, on
his membership and request hts Win
drawal OF stand "A trial. Re'. j. =.
Mobiles waited on him Oh Tuesday ant
he withdrew his name. Mr.. NoDles
preached a little serm,I to him by tax
ing for his text the Atm verse of the 18th
chapter Hebrew aud le boo hOOed like
"a good fellow It's ii his conscience was
struck.
On Wednesday evening a large crowd
OF boys inspHed by several OF Tie best
citizens made an etigy, hung 1t on the
oak tree at the foot of Oak street near
the depot, aud burned it amid great
hilarity. On Thursday morning the
frame OF the efiigy with one shoe aud a
hat ON, which we've not burned, still
hung there 10y the neck. Underneath
Wa Il placard OH which was written
''Remains of Prof. PEN. Pearson who
eloped with Miss Yates to California.
He said he saw he Golden Gates, Of
OF California. One day he was III a
barber shop IN Fresno to get shaved
and OF picking up a paper he at ohce
noticed it was the Police Gazette n
the first thing his eyes fell on was his
own portrait. At each place they stop
ped They changed their names. Ihey
had so many that it became nara 10
rsnien1ler the last one He denies
thai they threatened him with tar and
teatheIs at Fresno. He stayed their
two days after Miss Yates and bel par
ents left. He had gone 50 far without
being tarred and featlertd and he
thought there was no danger now.
On Thursday he and his wife left on
tie noon tram tur P~hilddelpllla. Be
IoTe his departure he requested us To
not say anything about the etfigy Durll-
Ing because, lie said, 1t was done by a
lot of little boys set on ny some men
who were against him because he was
a ProliibitiOnist. He wished 1t 10 be
understood that he was Il martyr to
Prohibition. He acknowledged he had
done wrong and SAID God Almighty
knew he had SIT II cred enough already
for it.
IL was evidently through Mrs. Pierce
thai he returned 10 Pennsgrove which
he heSitated IN doing at first. She had
always thought that he would return
aud De received with open arms and
congratulations OF the people ana he
Il hero With more success i'll business
than before and this was evidently his
idea too when lie returned, but they
soon found the moral sentiment of the
town would not sustain such "a ciiarac-
ter. Even near relatives think it best
for him to leave this town. On Tues
day evening he gave All C e-cream party
Ia which st. lauls church CHOIR, OF
winch he Use TO be leader, and several
other former friends were invited, but
there was but few present.
On Thursday we received a letter
fiom the editor of the local paper at
Pennington, Ill.,, the home of NJ ISIS
Yates. lie says her mother was in
very poor health and the occurrence
came hear proving fatal with her.
Lasalle Yates, the father, is an enter
pTislug business NAH of estImable Char
3teter aud Il too indulyehJ tas1Ier. "Ille
daughter hdC Tired OF hrr fiasby lover
had 'fuuud him ont and willingly re-